Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-04-09
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Gailave- one of the Oes. known Csthol. Ic priests in this stute. died yesterday az ths pastoral residence of the St. Joseph church. of fatty degeneration of the hear, aged 6i yeRIs.
 LONDON. April G-4 p. m.--The great perrnaneut infantry barracks Gt Alder shat. are on fire and being rapidly burn. ed. The flames started ct noon and have been raging ever since, famed to a fury 5y gale Oi wind, and fUch fury a= to cause tho efforts of the frsmen Co f, exsiupulsh the flames to bs pra.'ical- ly useless. resul,s of the enforcement O, iha inter state commerce bill Is shown in the fol- Ioviug circular which has beenTsent to tbe priucipsl retail business houses ID this city by the whole sRle merchants;
 "OS-iug 10 the enormous advan e ID freirb, on all goods which we handle, T. Incomes necessary for us 10 advance our prices and tO withdraw any quotations which We have me ie to you heretofore
 PrrALUMA, Gala, April GA rain commenced at ooe o'clock this morning lis very general need has caused coasld- erabla GuXlety. Ahe prospects are EO1u for down pour.
 WAsulvsr5N. April 6-Relatiye to the charges winch nave been brought ID ; . Fr4rc.seo agsius. Jcha II. Benson sUd others for alleged fraudulent land sur va,.s. it lz stated at tse General Land Ofiee that these frauds n connection ,7I.h Inc survey ot the western pubic s--d-. refe made known to tEe Ofii,s 'n 1881 bv au agent os the department who mas substantially removed b. tLe iuiiu euce it is sa.G, of the ring. The Oper- stiors began iu 1879, when tne spec al Ss11=It system went into operation. C.roml.s.oacr Sparks stated in his last tyo annual reports that the surveys i5 the Pacific Coast Tlng were n the nan fictitious. Ha added tLGt Ee refused Co .uiit their accounts, and every C1peuI- eut known to political caicanaTy had been used to force tn. payment Of sucn accounts through the treasury, ovo. the he ads Of the accounting officers oi the Interior Department. It IS stated gt the Land Office tER. the bulk Of tle5e frauds were committed pEiCr Co the year lSs4. and therefore are covered by the statute of limitation, but the information upon which these indictments were based, were obtained by q primary ex. aminatio only of special agents.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Apul 6.-The Call this morning prints the crop and fruit re- port from 3 counties. They show thai 10 the northern and eastern counties 0 fair average yield of cereals Is assured. In San Joaquin valley more rain IS needed for even a two-thirds crop; Ia | Santa Clara and NRpa valleys the out l look for fruit Is excellent; m the south ern counties the late rains will prc- duce an average yield.
 WASHINGTON. April 6.-Judge May nard relinquished the office of second | comptroller this morning aud formally
 entered uPOn the discharge of bis new duties as assistant secretary oi tue treasury.
 SAS FEASCIsCO, April 5,-Among ihe passengers quarantined on the steamer | City oi Pekiug, which arrived yesterday from Yokohama, is Capt. T. O. Seltridge, late commander of the United States war ship Omaha, who is en route to | Washington under suspension, caused | hy an unfortunate affair which occurred ! in Japan. March 4th, while he was IL 1 commaud of 2the Omaha, The vessel | being engaged in shell practice of the | Island ot Skeshima, twenty-five miles
 from Najoskl, and the officer m charge | reported that all the shells had exploded. | Shortly after, however. while a group Of | Jgpaness were examining shell which | had been fired from the Omaha, it ex- ! r.oied killing four and wounding seven. | On learning .hess facts Rear Admiral | Chandler, placed Captain Seltridge un- ! der susVeusI aud ordered him to leave | by the first steamer to sepOrt to the sec
 resary of the navy.
 DETROIT, April 5.-AltEough reports | from the country are still delayed. II k certain that Long, republican, Is elected
 to Ihe Supreme Bench by Q handsome
 majority. He runs ahead of CzmpLsll,
 also republican, in nearly avery polling
 place. Campbell IS probably elected by
 a majority of atbiri less than Long snd
 the republIcsus are al SO far successful. ' The country has gone strongly for pro- | hlbitIon, bus the returns are not vet | sufficiently definite Co say whether the country will be Ghls to wlDe ou, the | majority against the ameudmept m the 1 cities. Tn, probabilities this morning | was that the amendment had been car
 AAHHA Af 70 rNAfaNA NfA.aNNH -AA Al- AA ! chairman of the republican state ccnl mittee, says that whlla he has DO figures
 on winch Co base Gn accurate estimate.
 his belief is tbat tbs republican stste ] ticket has been elected by lJ.C0J. aul
 that the amendment K dcieGted by l about the same figure. At one o'ciCcs ! this morning. Prof. D"kl-, chairman of | the prohibition state committee, claimed
 that tie amendment had been carried
 by thirty thousand majority.
 HELESA, Montana. April j.-Ihe mu- ! nicipal election yesterday resulted in | the election of Steele, democrat. for
 mayor. by 2JO majority. The democrats
 also elected the police magistrate and | two aldermen. The republicans elect | their treasurer sni fiya aldermen; the i democrats gain one alderman.
 DUBUQUE. Iowa, April 5.-At the city
 election to-day the Knights of Labor
 ticket made full sweep. elec;ing every
 man on the city ticket and ever, alder
 man. This wEs G complete revelation ! and R surprise. .ZE
 SAN FRASCIscc, ATrii j.-Fred Sher-
 man, Secretary ot Hall citation,
 Independent Order of Red Men. has disappeared. and IS stated to have mis-
 appropriated S20,0O0. About S3OO0 Of this amount belonged to the order, the
 remainder having been borrowed from | Shermsn's friends and relations at vari- ous tines. The abscoDder has been connected with the Red Men nearly 2j years and has been secretary for II yesrs. IL is announced that a warren;
 has been issued for E;s arrest for embez- element.
 CLEVELAND, April j.-The election yesterday for municipal officers was & surprise to the republicans. Tbe eatiIe democratic ticket, headed b. E. D. Bab- cock. the candidate for mayor, was elected by about 5000 majority. The
 board of aldermen Is probably demo cratic.
 SAS FR,NCIsCo. March j-A special
 meeting of the Board of Health was called this morning Co consider what sc ! ton should 5e taken to prevent the
 spread of the smallpox frcm the case
 brought here yesterday from Hong Kong by the steamer City oI Pokin. N quorum was present and DO formal a - tion was taken. Dr. McAllister stated
 that as DO new cases hal appeared in | fifteen days. he thought that all the | .H.a a E-